GUITAR COLLECTIONS

If you do not know how to read musical notation, but let say you want to learn how to jam the new Fall Out Boys song on your guitar. You will first need to learn how to read guitar tablature. Don’t worry though, because learning guitar tabs is very easy once you know all the basics.
Guitar Tab Basics

A standard tablature staff would look something like this:

E————————————————-
B————————————————-
G————————————————-
D————————————————-
A————————————————-
E————————————————-

When you look at this, you have to visualize that each line and letter represent each string on a guitar. A guitar tablature staff consists of 6 lines that represent the 6 strings. The low E is at the bottom, the high E at the top:

E – the 6th string (thickest) A – the 5th string D – the 4th string G – the 3rd string B – the 2nd string e – the 1st string (thinnest).
We can put numbers on the lines. Each number represents a fret on the guitar neck.

Letters represent notes.

e——————————-
B——————————-
G——————————-
D——————————-
A–2–2–2–4–2–0————
E——————————-

The same chord written like this:

E——–3—————————————-
B——-3—————————————–
G——4——————————————
D—–5——————————————-
A—-5——————————————–
E—3———————————————

Numbers represents what fret you push down and on what string. Each number is lined up on the A string (5th string) one after another which tells you that they should be played one after another. The 0 means that you pluck the A string open (without pushing on the string), 1 – move to the 1st fret pluck, 2 – move to the 2nd fret, 3 – move to 3d.
Chords are represented with numbers written on top of each other. Here is a C Major chord. C Major has no sharps or Flats starts on C and end on C.

C D E F G A B C

C to D -Whole Step
D to E -Whole Step
E to F -Half Step
F to G -Whole Step
G to A -Whole Step
A to B -Whole Step
B to C -Half Step
Every Key Has 7 Different Positions: Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian, Ionian, Dorian, and Phrygian. When playing in the key of C Major, every one of these scales can be used, and be in this key.

Ex.
5th Position Ionian Scale
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|—————————————————-|
|——————————————9—-10-9-|
|————————–9—-10-9-12-10—12——|
|———-8—-10-8-12-10—12———————-|
|–8-12-10—12————————————–|

|——————–8—-10-8-12——————–|
|——–10—-12-10—12—————————-|
|–12-10—-12—————————————|
|—————————————————-|
|—————————————————-|
|—————————————————-|

The biggest disadvantage to tablature is the fact that you are not able to accurately define how long each not should be held for. The best way to figure this out is by listening to the actual song that you are trying to play. This is actually the best way to use tabs.

Find the tab to the song you want to learn Play that song on a radio, or your computer, or whatever means you have Break the song into sections, starting with whatever is easiest for you Slowly begin to put each section together Although tablature does not give you the exact timing, they do give you some idea by spacing the numbers out..

Here is also a list of the most commonly used symbols:

h – hammer on / – slide up
p – pull off – slide down
b – bend string up v – vibrato (sometimes written as ~)
r – release bend t – tap (with strumming hand)

x – muted, struck string

guitar tablature

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